Carla Axtman

Carla Axtman is a political animal and blogger. She started blogging in 2004 as a response to the malaise and frustration of progressive politics & politics on both the national & local levels. Carla specializes in online organizing and communications. Another politico recently referred to her thusly: "...a cross between a pitbull, a barracuda and a scorpion. ... She's ferocious."


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February 11, 2011Fallout for Ferrioli: from the hometown paper
February 10, 2011OR-Sen: Ferrioli embarrasses himself (and the rest of us by association)
February 07, 2011GOP ramps up the culture wars, but not jobs
February 03, 2011Republican Congress attacks women's health care (again)
February 01, 2011Caitlin Baggott takes the wheel at The Bus Project
January 29, 2011My abortion didn't make me crazy
January 28, 2011The new math: courtesy of your Oregon Tea Party
January 24, 2011WaCo: Another powderkeg about to spark for County Commission
January 23, 2011Video: The Sandy River cuts down Lolo Pass
January 19, 2011Leslie Lewis: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
January 18, 2011OR-1: Wu sheds staffers; complaints about odd behavior surface
January 12, 2011HD-24: Jim Weidner is the Rodney Dangerfield of the GOP caucus
January 05, 2011Yamhill County takes land use to a whole new (lower) level
January 04, 2011A cautionary tale on austerity budgeting
January 03, 2011Metro: Robert Liberty announces resignation; Bob Stacey expresses interest
January 03, 2011OR-GOP: Tiernan to step down as head of the Oregon Republican Party
December 27, 2010WaCo: One conservative's earmark is another's key road project
December 23, 2010Keep Portland Weird
December 23, 2010Dave Lister, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and other weird stuff
December 20, 2010The workhorse of the US Senate
December 18, 2010A more perfect Union: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repealed
December 15, 2010More dysfunction in the Washington County Commission
December 14, 2010Washington County continues to steamroll over citizens
December 14, 2010Following up on gay bashing at the Smithsonian
December 13, 2010Growing Pains
December 09, 2010Wow. That was fast.
December 07, 2010Washington County: More details on the backroom dealing
December 06, 2010Breaking: Washington County government gives constituents the finger
December 02, 2010I believe I'll be asking my Senators and Congressman to expand funding for the Smithsonian
November 30, 2010The other terrorism-and pondering Portland
November 30, 2010OR-Sen: GOP goes fishing for votes in Jackson County
November 29, 2010Get your UGB on: Metro ready to hear from you
November 27, 2010FBI thwarts terrorist bomb attempt: world is officially crazy
November 24, 2010Mom like me
November 21, 2010Dear MultCo: I'm just not that into you. Love, Elizabeth
November 19, 2010Who decides "journalism" and "journalist"?
November 17, 2010Merkley takes another strong, principled stand
November 12, 2010A brief review of GOP navel gazing
November 11, 2010We shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields
November 09, 2010Bob Tiernan feasts on sour grapes
November 07, 2010The Island of Cornelius
November 05, 2010The Roseburg Beacon goes all Dewey Defeats Truman on us
November 04, 2010Oregon gets ready to take the lead again
October 30, 2010Oregon LCDC smacks down Washington County urban reserves
October 29, 2010Blue Oregon: How the editors rocked the vote
October 26, 2010Mannix's signature gathering operation yields indictments
October 25, 2010Beaverton School District's Mea Culpa, and other AWOL "leaders"
October 22, 2010DeFazio investigating impeachment of Chief Justice John Roberts
October 21, 2010In Pictures: Obama stumps for Kitz
October 20, 2010WaCo Commission: Meet Greg Mecklem

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